cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/15395224
Ikea’s CEO has solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare
Have they tried telling the employees they suck and should be greatful they even have a job? And this worked even better then that? Hm…
“Is there no depth to your depravity, IKEA?”
-Wall Street, probably
Wow crazy how could we have predicted this
what a noob, they should have just organised a pizza party.
/s
It sounds obvious on the surface but higher wages don’t always equal happier staff or more output.
I don’t think the staff making 500k at OpenAI will be measurably happier with another 100k, for example.
But there is definitely a lot to be gained by getting staff as far away from a sense of poverty as possible and ikea might have helped their line workers a lot with this change.
500k in the Bay Area is very different to 100k, especially if you have a family. So I think that would make a massive difference in happiness.
I think 5 times any salary affords you greater security, flexibility and opportunities that have to make a measurable difference in how happy you can be
The employees are already making 500k and the raise would be to 600k, in this example. You misread the op.